Music

If you combine food, friends and fun – topped with great music in a glorious setting, one would have the ingredients for a wonderful weekend May 18-19 in the scenic Texas Hill Country. The locale will be the 12th annual Cherokee Creek Music Festival at Kelcy and Amy Warren’s San Saba County retreat near Cherokee off Hwy 501 nestled among pure waterfalls and wildflowers. This year’s musical lineup will feature alternative country rock band Reckless Kelly of Austin as well as popular ...

It’s absolutely impossible not to tap toes, clap hands or use some other means to keep time to the infectious rhythm when the Dixieland All-Stars take the stage. These seven magnificent musicians – George Eychner, Ted Conerly, Jay Thomas, Bobby Black, Rick Phipps, Pierre Porre and Gary Hatch – can quickly get a room rocking and automatically lift the spirits of those fortunate enough to hear their renditions of Dixieland and gospel favorites.

Established in 1876, the bustling, friendly community of Brady is located at the geographical center of Texas and sits astride five major highway intersections. The county seat of McCulloch County also is within one hundred miles of Interstates 10, 20 and 35. Named for Ben McCulloch, a Texas Ranger, Confederate general and Indian fighter, the county blossomed after the Civil War as one of the West’s most famous cattle trails, the Dodge trail, began near neighboring Mason, continued throug ...

Helotes, Texas’ Mark Waldrop is one talented musician who has been successfully entertaining audiences in venues across the Texas Hill Country for a good many years. The crowds know and love this laid-back singer and guitarist for his colorful mix of country/western, swing, blues, hillbilly and other genres. What they may not know is that when the show’s over, Mark transforms himself from popular performer into a highly trained, professional luthier – that’s right, a first-rate, bona fi ...

Ladies and Gentlemen! Please welcome Dion Pride to center stage at the Texas Theater. That will be the welcome on Saturday, August 26 as the Heart of Texas Roadshow comes to Seguin for two performances at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Joining Pride, who represents the second generation of country royalty, will be traditional entertainers Darrell and Mona McCall and Seguin native Dottsy. Tickets are $20 and are available at [[http://www.heartoftexascountry.com]]. The son of legendary Country Hall of Fame m ...